Half model of a gunboat

anonymous, c. 1780 - c. 1820

Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (bakboord) van een eenmaster. De huid boven het barkhout is gesloten, het dek is gesloten. Eén kanon op rolpaard in de boeg, vijf draaibassen op de verschansing (twee ontbreken); tien roeidollen. Platte spiegel, breed roer. De zeeg loopt naar voren en achter op, één barkhout. Gepiekt rondspant.

  • Artwork typeship model, builder's model, half model
  • Object numberNG-MC-414
  • Dimensionsheight 25.5 cm x width 98.2 cm x depth 10.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paint

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Half model of a gunboat
    • Half Model of a Gunboat

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-414

  • Description

    Gepolychromeerd mallenmodel (bakboord) van een eenmaster. De huid boven het barkhout is gesloten, het dek is gesloten. Eén kanon op rolpaard in de boeg, vijf draaibassen op de verschansing (twee ontbreken); tien roeidollen. Platte spiegel, breed roer. De zeeg loopt naar voren en achter op, één barkhout. Gepiekt rondspant.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    label, on the rudder: ‘414’ former inventory label

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    model maker: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1780 - c. 1820

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paint

  • Dimensions

    height 25.5 cm x width 98.2 cm x depth 10.5 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    ...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

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anonymous

Half Model of a Gunboat

Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1820

Inscriptions

  • label, on the rudder:414 former inventory label

Conservation

  • Restauratieatelier Scheepsmodellen, 2005: restored

Provenance

...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

Object number: NG-MC-414

Entry

Polychromed wooden half bracket model of the port side of a single-masted ship, mounted on a framed rectangular wooden backboard.

The side of the ship is depicted by ribbands attached to frame moulds. Above the wale the side is planked. The deck is closed. One gun on a carriage is placed in the bow and five swivel guns are mounted on the gunwale. The gunwale has ten rowlocks. The sheer rises towards both ends. One wale is indicated, painted black. The stern has a square tuck, a taffrail and a broad rudder. The hull is flat-bottomed and painted white below the waterline. The position of one mast is shown in a truncated form. The hull is flat-bottomed and painted white below the waterline.

Scale unknown.

Literature

J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 414

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Half Model of a Gunboat, Netherlands, c. 1780 - c. 1820', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200315774

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